The Bad Beginning - A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

Scholastic

2000

167 páginas

5h 34m

ISBN-10: 0439206472

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader,

I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One might say they are magnets for misfortune.

In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.

It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasant tales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this book down at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sort of thing.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket

Resenhas (62)

5 (Perfeito)

Great in its own ways

After I had watched the Netflix series several times, I decided to read the book to visualize how such peculiar story could be told in a literature form. It was my first English book and I enjoyed a lot reading it, although I knew how the story ended, I loved the book and was an awesome way of improve my vocabulary.